Process Engineering

The MPE program equips students with advanced knowledge in chemical and thermal process engineering, biotechnology or food technology

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Chemical Conversion Processes

Teaching methods Lecture/Lab
Duration 1
Hours per week 6.0
Overview
Classes 120
Individual / Group work: 120
Workload 240
ECTS 7.0
Recommended semester 1. Semester
Frequency Annually (ws)
Lectures

Thermochemical Conversion Process

Type Lecture
Nr. M+V2528
Hours per week 2.0
Content

The course is structured as follows:

  • fundamentals in fuel characterization for thermo chemical conversion processes
  • basic calculation of combustion processes
  • different thermo chemical processes like pyrolysis, gasification, combustion
Literature
  • Bridgwater, A.V.: Progress in thermochemical biomass conversion; Blackwell Sciences Ltd, Oxford, 2001
  • Deublein, D., Steinhauser, A.: Biogas from Waste and Renewable Resources; Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2nd ed. 2010
  • Schmidt, Achim: Technical Thermodynamics for Engineers: Basics and Applications, Springer, 2nd ed. 2022
  • Energy from Organic Materials (Biomass): A Volume in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Springer, 2nd ed. 2019

Lab Thermochemical Conversion Process

Type Lab
Nr. M+V2529
Hours per week 2.0
Content

 The course is structured as follows:

  • pyrolysis experiment
  • investigation of combustion process
  • calorific value measurements
  • characterization of organic materials (biomass)
  • gas analytic
Literature
  • Bridgwater, A.V.: Progress in thermochemical biomass conversion; Blackwell Sciences Ltd, Oxford, 2001
  • Deublein, D.; Steinhauser, A.: Biogas from Waste and Renewable Resources; Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2nd ed. 2010
  • Schmidt, Achim: Technical Thermodynamics for Engineers: Basics and Applications, Springer, 2nd ed. 2022
  • Energy from Organic Materials (Biomass): A Volume in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Springer, 2nd ed. 2019

 

Power to X

Type Lecture
Nr. M+V2537
Hours per week 2.0
Content

The course is structured as follows:

  • overview: PtX philosophy
  • basic processes and technologies in the PtX philosophy
  • renewable energy sources synthetic fuels
Literature
  • International Aspects of a Power-to-X Roadmap, frontier economics, 18th October 2018
  • A.E.M. van den Oever, D. Costa, G. Cardellini, M. Messagie: Systematic review on the energy conversion efficiency of biomass-based Fischer-Tropsch plants, Fuel 324, 2022
  • Markus Lehner, Robert Tichler, Horst Steinmüller, Markus Koppe, Power-to-Gas: Technology and Business Models, Springer, 2014
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